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Fayette County resident Emanuel Dupree is seated amidst his basket making supplies, holding rolled up white oak splits, and working on a split white oak basket at his home five miles south of Somerville, Tennessee.

Audio files of Fayette County resident Emanuel Dupree recorded as part of the Tennessee State Park Folklife Project. Dupree, a third generation white oak basket maker and chair bottomer, describes the processes and how he learned. This African...